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THURSDAY, PMICMlliCIl SW1, 101. DAILY ROUUE WVKU COURIER PAOB THREH SOLDIER LETTERS ; Front W. llwrtlt'y November 11, 1918 Mn, L. W. Hood: Your welcome letter dated October 6th recoivod yosterday. Of course those with the above address vsluo letters as they do Christmas, almost, when at home. I km sure you are ell happy In America now. You have the news some hours bark, and we are happy too, for It moana this slaughter and the attendant results will cease, and the boys will be returning home the one thing we are now looking forward, to. We received the following order from General Foch thin morning, which was given out to the allied troopa: ''Cease firing at 11 o'clock French time, and wait for further orders." We got the news last nlgbt at 9 o'clock that Germany had sur rendered, and tho allied troops had a regular Fourth of July celebration. We aro at present In a small city only recently evacuated by the Bocho at the point of Yankee bayonets. It haa ralnod quite hard lately aud the rivers are overflowing In places. Fortunately, though. In all of our drlvoa the weather has been quite good so It has been much better than It might have been, we are temporarily located In what was once a school building which escapod Hun ahell fire to a certain extent. ao shelters us nicely. - We are hilarious wow. The ten alon and horrors will soon be thing of the past, and every one Is won dering Jtiit how soon we will got to see the Goddess of Liberty again. I am hoping this finds you all very well, and that I may soon see you all again. With regards to all. Most alnceroly, LR9UH WADH HARTLEY, 364th Field Hospital, 316 Sanitary Train, American Ex. Forces. Somewhere In Ilolgluin, Nov. 13, 1918. Dear Mother: I answered your most welcome s fit I! id. u ) ( letter of September 19th soon after received It but I got to looking Ihrough my pockets tonight and dls overed that I never, mailed the lot tor at all. I am feeling fine and hope this finds you the same. Wall, mother 1 don't think you will have to worry about my safoty any more as I have quit fighting already, and I 'don't think there will be any more war for a few years at least. , J have been over the top three tlmos and haven't got my hide punctured yet. I did got a hole through, my canteen cover and that Is close enough for me. I am glad to hear that you are enjoy ing, the new car so much. ' I like flelglum much better than Franca, but the good old U. S. A. will be plenty big enough for me If I am lucky eunugb to get back again. The Dnlglan people are suroly glad to see the Yanks and they do every thing they can for us to make us fool at home while we are here.. 1 bad supper with an old Bolglan who could talk good English last night and he told me all about the way the Germans treated them and I feel very thankful that I wasn't one of them. Well, I will have to close as my candle Is about finished. Your loving son, PVT. X.YLE W. LAMPHEAR, Co. O, J3rd Inf.. A. P. O. 778. American Kx. Forces. Wallace Coutaiit Visits Al , . . November 24, ,1918, Axl-los-Ilalns Dear Dad: Today la Father's Day and the ma jority or the boys are writing to their dads, or some one else's dad If be hasn't any. We arrived at Alx-les-Hains today at noon, after a day and a half ride on the train. When we left our out fit they were bllletted In the old Fort de Tavannes, four or five miles east of Verdun snd up sbove the mouth of the big tunnel do Tavannes. This tunnel and the territory around it Is where the terrible fighting of the last part of 1914 and the first of 1915 took place and where a French general said "They Shall Not Pass." I guess they did not. These cards are places in the Savoy Teave area and no doubt I i. tit tmat WE:,; DO will got to see the places before my leave la up, December 1st. I will not bother you with a full description of my experiences while over here, but will give you a brief summary of the events ss they hap pened. Ieft Iloboken January 23rd. Arrived Brest February 6, Arrived St. Nora I re "February 8, Arrived Tou! February 23rd. Ixsft the Toul Hector July 23rd and arrived at La Forte July 25th. Left there August 9th and hiked to Chateau Thierry the first day and to Fere-en-Tard-enots the next day. From then until yesterday we have been on the move all the time following up that drive as far as the Vesle river at St. Thl bault and Bayuges, then over to the Argon ne Forrest drive and followed that to Bt. Juvln and Orandpre. We thought we were through there, but were pulled out and repaired the road east of Verdun to Etaln which had been "No Man's Land' for four long hard years. It Is all over now and the latest dope Is thst when we return to our company It will be at a concentration camp for embarkation and I sure hope It is true, for nine months on tho front without leave Is the long est any one unit of the A. E. F. was on the front and I'll say It Is long enough tor me. The country which I came through today la typical to that of Northern California and Southern Oregon, but will be able to tell you a good deal more about it before our leave Is finished. The city of Alx fs quite a place, at least It seems so after gat ing at ruins such a long time. I visited the city of Verdun and the Cathedral, etc., which will be In teresting matter to save nntll I get home. This surely Is a tine trip and I'm beginning to think that I am pretty lucky to get to come with the first bunch, as It Is doubtful It any more of the gang can come. Will keep you posted as to my whereabouts from now until I get home. Lota of lore, WALLACE BEN W. COUTANT. Co. A. 23rd Engineers, American Ex. Forces. It m Somewhere - In Frsnce, November 8, 1918. Dear Father: Having not written you for so long I fear you are a bit worried but I am In active service now and have been since I wrote you last,, whlsh makes It very hard to write as often as I would like. 1 did write you twice, but both times I left for the front before I got the letter mailed. Things have been quite Interesting of late, as I have been quite busy chasing the Huns. 1 have been up to the front several times and have gone over the top with the boys on several sectors. ' I was In the Ar- gonne Forest drive where things were quite hot. We captured lots of Huns and gained much territory. So far I haven't a scratch on me and have stood the hardships wonderful ly well. We are treated mighty fine at all times, by being made as com fortable as possible, owing to the cir cumstances. The weather has been quite bad at tlmea making the trenches and dugouts a little muddy. We have plenty of warm , clothing and keep dry. Often It la hard to get our chow up to us through shell fire, but they get hot meala up as often as they can, and when not hot we have bully beef and hard bread. The Y. M. C. A. and K. of C. sent up tobacco, gum and chocolate which put Joy in life. I wonder bow everyone la at home for as far as yet I have not had a letter from anyone in the west. I have been transferred sev eral times so my mail Is slow in get ting to me. Christmas is near again and , I wish I was home for a big feed, but we will have one when I get there and call It Xmas. I think the war will be over soon as wo have Ger many alone. .Write me and don't worry, I am O. K. PVT. ARDELL BAILEY. Co. K. 109th Inf., American Ex. Forces. NOTHING HAPPENED. 8he tat beneath' the mistletoe ! Without the (lightest fear; She felt oo wild, glad tremor, tnougfc ' She knew he lingered near; Bhe eat there calm and unafraid. And sleepily he yawned, for they'd Been married for a year. . WOMAN UNDER WATER OH HOCKS SAVED ,FKOM DEATH , Guernevllle, Cal Dec. .,24. Nine and a half,, hours, after being over whelmed by a breaker yesterday on (he beach below here and carried out to sea, the apparently lifeless body of Miss Lucille Armstroff, a teacher. was found on the shore at Jenner, a nearby village. ,, ' .An aged man, known locally only as "Filipino Joe" insisted there was life in the body, and after several hours' work, disregarding repeated remonstrances, resuscitated ... the jroung woman.. . t . Physicians say she will , recover w- PKESiBAPD).;: HEADWAY Add This, Fact to Your Store . of ' 1 Knowledge 1 1 Kidney disease often advances so rapidly that many a person is firm' ly In Its grasp before aware of Its nrmrreaa. Promnt attention should be given the slightest symptom of kidney disorder. If there la a dull pain In the back, headaches, -' dlxxy spells or a tired, worn-out feeling, or It the kidney secretions are offensive, irregular and attended by pain, pro oure a good kidney remedy at bnce. "Your townspeople ..recommend Dean's Kidney .Pills. Read the state ment of this Grants Pass citizen. J.' P. Mftrse; 333 Bridge St., says: IDoan's Kidney Pills are all right and , don't hesitate to tell anyone I hear complaining: pt 1 backache 'or lumbago about them.'' 'I have been nearly 'down and r out with- - these troubles at times, but when. I hare taken Doan's, Kldnev Pills. I have soon been relieved. It Is a, year, or1 more since I have had any' trouble from my back or kidneys, but I -would know what to do If I- ahonld I ever have need of a. kidney medicine k again." rriee .too,- at an aeaiers.. .pon-i simply 'ask for a kldnev remedy get Doan's Kidney Wlllf-the same that Mr. Morse had. FoBter-Mllbura Gassff ieel FOB BALK FOR BALE Wheat at $2 per bu shel. Wanted to buy a few choice milk cows. Phone 612-F-23. Ed. I Schmidt ft Son. : 52 TO Itl.TT FOR RENT Partly furnished cot tage at 321 Rogue River Avenue; three rooms and sleeping porch, good well and one-halt acre of land, barn; $5.00 per month. Key at 402 Rogue River Ave. 07tf FOR RENT OR BALE Our resi dences at 801 and 811, North 6th St., eight and ten dollars month. Will sell either or both. Make me an offer. John Summers, Leba non, Oregon. 40tf wAimro EXPERIENCED waitress wanted; good wages. . Foutch ft Foutch, Roseburg. r For particulars phone 834-J. . 52 M ISCELL A NEOC JITNEY SERVICE Any where, any time. Phone Mocha Cafe 181-R Otto J. Knips, Residence 149.Y 221 MEDFORD business College, now open. Stenography and related subjects; classes under personal supervision of F. Roy Davis, offi cial court reporter. 66 WE R cars, mag's, - cons, stfrters. batteries, lg- generators, nltion systems. Satisfaction guar-, anteed. Bulger. Garage, 211 North Sixth street. , . 36tf HAVE YOUR tires repaired at the Maxwell garage. Get work that holds any kind of an Injury on any alzed tire taken care of. 70 E. L. OALBRAITH, insurance, rent als, acreage, building and loans; snaps in city property. 609 G St. Launer's old location. 68 i. ..i. qggsa TO ASK CONGRESS t)lt BIG SUM lO AID DOLGHBOYS Washington, Dec. 24. One nun-' dred million dollars at , once lor homes tor returning soldiers in the arid lands ot the west and the swamp and. cut-over land ot the northwest! and west la the real goal Secretary! Lane has set tor this congress. lie appeared this . morning Veiore the ir- rigatlon committee .and urged that steps to this end be taken at once. . , Congressman Slnnott urged ihat an item, to this effect.be included In thk appropriation bill and xhai.,.a rule to make this effective be brought In to the law. This. was, agreed tQ and. a big, drive to get all western and.. southern , congressmen .back, of the .measure will be made. , It is now planned, to have Secretary Lane make the same talk to 150 ot the most Interested congressmen after the Chrlatmaa , holidays , , and,,- get , , the money for the farms for soldiers be fore congress adjourns. AVIATORS MUST DO "STUNTS" Fests . That Seem Foolhardy Really Are Most Necessary la the Traliw i. Ins of. Irmen.. ... 1 Before the war there was, says Ed win Bldwell, Wilson In the Yale Re view, much , criticism of professional exhibiting aviators who, to thrill spec tators, pnt their machines Into all sorts of dare-devil attitudes and fre quently themselves - came suddenly down to death. In lighting, the ability to dc all manner of "stunts" Is essential. The more, completely, a pilot ican con trol his machine, the more easily., he can toss It hither and thither cutting figure-eights, looping the loop, nose diving and. .tail,, diving the .better chance he has jtpr hfs own life and the more certain, he Is to get his opr lonent-., ,Sad.AS. are, the. continual re ports of deatjf )y. accident at our avla-. tlon training ,pamps,, yje-mayoress, a: sured that for an untrained pilot to go overseas to the front Is almost cer tainly fatal, and .that for eyery life lost In training, many are saved In fighting'. Fortunately airplanes today are so much stronger structurally and so much' better equipped and .con trolled than before the war,, that this necessary "stunting" in school and on the field. la no longer,. really dangerous the real .danger now lies In physical Inability to, , "stunt",.,, Not (only must the pilot '. of ,the .single-seated fighting. scout he thoronshlT expert on the 1 Wing, ne also musp oe a craca uui with his machine gun. Small wonder hat It takes months -and month to train an aviator who may develop Into aaactw. 3. .-. ' a. iUT-' ;. .. lilt. Advertising, TO EXCHANGE WILL TRADE Five or 10 acre la , pears, 9 year old, adjoining dty of Grants Pass, tor property la : . or near Portland, Ore. Inquire of F. M. Gelger, Boise. Idaho. 74 t PHOTO STUDIO THE PICTURE MILL, for fine photo- . graphs. . Open dally except Sua- . day from 10 a. m. to 6 p. m. Sua-,.. day sittings by appointment only. -Phone Mill, 28J-R, or residences 14W. , ITtf . PHY8ICIAHS U O. CLEMENT, M. D.. Practice limited to diseases of the eye. ear, aose and threat. Glasses lltted. , Office hours, 9-11, 2-5, or on appointment.- , Office phone 62, resi dence phone 1 5 9-J. & JUOUGHBJDGB. M. D- PhyataUo. and surgeon. City or country ealla attended day, or night, , Resides , pbeaa f 9;t office , phone-k II? Sixth and H, Toffs Bldg.. . DR, J. 0. N1BLEY. Physician and ' surgeoa. Lundbnrg Bldg. Health officer. Office hours, 9 to It a. m. and 1 to 5 p. m. , Phone 110-J. A. A. WTTHAM.i M." D. Internal medicine and nervous diseases!. - 901 Corbett Bldg., Portland, Ore Hours 9 a. m. to 1 p. m. - - j . BURSELL M. D. D. C In block north it poetofiee, corner, Sixth 5 and D street?.; surgical,, electrical tt chlropratlo and osteopathia treat-n ment. Ofrico phone 197-R; rsaVt! . donee phone,. 3SJ-R, . - VETERINARY SURGEON DR. R. ' J. BE8TTJL, Vetertnarlaa. Office," residence. - Phono S05-R. o DBNTISTS , E. C. MACT, D. M. D. Flrst-flaat -'. dentistry. - 109H South- Sixth . street. Grants Pass, Oregon. DRAYAGE AND TRANSFER : COMMERCIAL TRANSFER CO. At kinds, of drayage , and transfe. werk carefully aad promptly dona Phone 18 1-J. Stand at freight, depot. A. Shade, Prop. ; j THE WORLD MOVES; ' so do we. . Bunch Broe. Transfer Co. Phone - 197-R. i F. G. IS HAM, drayage and transfer. 8afes, pisses . and. faraltare.. . moved, peeked,. . shipped aad. stois,. . ed. Office phone 124-Y. Rest- ' . ., denoe phone, 1I4-R. ' ATTORNEYS H. D. NORTON, AUomey-at-law. Practices in all State and Federal Courts-First-Natlonal -Bank Blda- COLVIO ft WILLI iM3, Attorneys-; f, . at-Law, Grants Pasa Banking Co, y Bldg., Grants Pass. Oregon. M . B. & VAN DYKE, Attorney. Prao Uoe In all court. First NaUonal Bank Bldg. O. B. B LAN CHARD, ttoraey at Law. Golden " Rule Building , Phone 170. Grants Pass, Oregon. BLANCHARD , ft BLANCHARD, At . toraeya. Albert Bldg, - ; Phoai . 226-J. PraeUoe la all courts; ltsi board at tor aeysu- , a A. SIDLE R, Attorney-at;Law ref eree in haakraptey.' Masoals ' temnia. Grants Pasa, ,Ore. t i The Calif ormk aid - Oregoa .. Ooast EeVilroad Oonpany -.i ma card , EffecUve Nor. 1. 1918. Trains will , ran Tuesday. Thursday, r,., ..and.Patuxdia. Leave GranU faaa.,wrX P. J Arrive Waters, Creak .-.-.3 P. M. Leave Wattrp Dreek,,--.-. ?. M. Arrive, Grants. ?ae - -4 P. M. For Information regarding freight and passenger rates call at the office of the company, Lundburg building, or telephone 181.. n . WEiVELD past Iron, Bteet, Alamlnam, How about that, broken atove astini that you, did nothlnk,. bouldL.be fixed.lyry ns and see.. ffe ake svapeclaWty, An weld.J ing automobile frames t u TATJ8 A ADAMS. AUTO, CO. kll ttreat " ' Gteatte Pass, Ore. ' Co., Mtgrs., Buffalo, N. Y.